CBD buildings checked after Christchurch aftershock
A large aftershock rattled Christchurch shortly after 9am today, but it has not caused any additional significant damage in the central city, Cera says.
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A large aftershock rattled Christchurch shortly after 9am today, but it has not caused any additional significant damage in the central city, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) says.
The earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale was centred 20 kilometres south west of Christchurch at a depth of 15km, GNS Science reported.
"The fact that it was centred in Rolleston and 15km deep is reflected in there hasn't been anything significant [reported] as far as we are concerned," Cera spokeswoman Catherine Delore told NZPA.
"We have a number of indicator buildings in the central city that we check after a sizeable aftershock and the engineers have been out having a look this morning and there isn't anything substantial or additional in terms of damage."
There would have been some additional debris that fell down from buildings and some widening of cracks, but there had not been anything of significant concern, she said.
Police had not received any reports of damage so far, a Police Southern Communications spokesman said.
Some supermarkets are reported to have had stock knocked off shelves.
More than 2000 people reported feeling the earthquake on GeoNet's website.
One person in Templeton reported the quake as "heavily damaging", one in Rolleston reported the quake as "damaging" and 59 people reported the quake as "slightly damaging".
NZPA
Mon, 06 Jun 2011
Mon, 06 Jun 2011
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CBD buildings checked after Christchurch aftershock
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